APPROVED: Including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the "AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT AND DECISIONS ON THE PROJECTS KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS WESTMINSTER PLACE AND WILLARD PLACE FOR AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF SAID PROJECTS AS ONE PROJECT TO MANDELA HOMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND HAMMOND STREET LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND FOR THE CONSENT TO THE FORMATION OF SAID PARTNERSHIPS TO ACQUIRE, UNDERTAKE AND CARRY OUT THE PROJECT AS URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ALL DM ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 121A OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS AND CHAPTER 652 OF THE ACT OF 1960, BOTH AS AMENDED AS APPLICABLE" and the September 11,1997 vote of the Authority approving said Report and Decision. Attest: Edward Kelley, City Clerk Secretary Boston Redevelopment Authority Mayor of City of Boston, Thomas M. Menino, 9/17/97 _________________________________________________ BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 1NDUSTRLAL CORPORATION One City Hall Square Boston. MA 02201-1007 Tel (617) 722-4300 Thomas M. Menino, Mayor Clarence J. Jones, Chairman Thomas N. O'Brien, Director September 18,1997 Ms. Rosaria Salerno, City Clerk City of Boston One City Hall Square, Room 601 Boston, MA 02201 SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO REPORT AND DECISIONS ON WESTMINSTER PLACE AND WILLARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, NOW KNOWN AS "MANDELA" APARTMENTS, CHAPTER 121A PROJECT Dear Ms. Salerno: Pursuant to Section 13, Chapter 652 of the Acts of 1960,1 hereby file with the Office of the City Clerk the following material attested by the undersigned as Secretary. A Certificate of Vote of the Authority adopted on September 11,1997, approving and adopting the "AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT AND DECISIONS ON THE PROJECTS KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS WESTMINSTER PLACE AND WILLARD PLACE FOR AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF SAID PROJECTS AS ONE PROJECT TO MANDELA HOMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND HAMMOND STREET LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND FOR THE CONSENT TO THE FORMATION OF SAID PARTNERSHIPS TO ACQUIRE, UNDERTAKE AND CARRY OUT THE PROJECT AS URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 121A OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS AND CHAPTER 652 OF THE ACT OF 1960, BOTH AS AMENDED AS APPLICABLE", the September 11,1997 vote of the Authority approving said the Amendment to the Report and Decisions, and an executed copy of the Approval by His Honor, Mayor Menino dated September 17,1997, of the foregoing vote. Attached to the above-mentioned Certificate of Vote and Approval thereof by His Honor, Mayor Menino, is a copy of the aforementioned "AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT AND DECISIONS...". Please acknowledge the filing of the foregoing on the copy of this letter and return the same to the undersigned. Very truly yours, Harry R. Collings, Secretary Receipt of the aforementioned is hereby acknowledged: Assistant City Clerk: Edward J. Kelley September 18, 1997 ______________________________________________APPROVED: Including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the "AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT AND DECISIONS ON THE PROJECTS KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS WESTMINSTER PLACE AND WILLARD PLACE FOR AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF SAID PROJECTS AS ONE PROJECT TO MANDELA HOMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND HAMMOND STREET LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND FOR THE CONSENT TO THE FORMATION OF SAID PARTNERSHIPS TO ACQUIRE, UNDERTAKE AND CARRY OUT THE PROJECT AS URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ALL DM ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 121A OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS AND CHAPTER 652 OF THE ACT OF 1960, BOTH AS AMENDED AS APPLICABLE" and the September 11,1997 vote of the Authority approving said Report and Decision. Attest: Edward Kelley, City Clerk Secretary Boston Redevelopment Authority Mayor of City of Boston, Thomas M. Menino, 9/17/97 _________________________________________________ BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 1NDUSTRLAL CORPORATION One City Hall Square Boston. MA 02201-1007 Tel (617) 722-4300 Thomas M. Menino, Mayor Clarence). )oncs. Chairman Thomas N. O'Britn, Director September 18,1997 Ms. Rosaria Salerno, City Clerk City of Boston One City Hall Square, Room 601 Boston, MA 02201 SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO REPORT AND DECISIONS ON WESTMINSTER PLACE AND WILLARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, NOW KNOWN AS "MANDELA" APARTMENTS, CHAPTER 121A PROJECT Dear Ms. Salerno: Pursuant to Section 13, Chapter 652 of the Acts of 1960,1 hereby file with the Office of the City Clerk the following material attested by the undersigned as Secretary. A Certificate of Vote of the Authority adopted on September 11,1997, approving and adopting the "AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT AND DECISIONS ON THE PROJECTS KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS WESTMINSTER PLACE AND WILLARD PLACE FOR AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF SAID PROJECTS AS ONE PROJECT TO MANDELA HOMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND HAMMOND STREET LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND FOR THE CONSENT TO THE FORMATION OF SAID PARTNERSHIPS TO ACQUIRE, UNDERTAKE AND CARRY OUT THE PROJECT AS URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 121A OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS AND CHAPTER 652 OF THE ACT OF 1960, BOTH AS AMENDED AS APPLICABLE", the September 11,1997 vote of the Authority approving said the Amendment to the Report and Decisions, and an executed copy of the Approval by His Honor, Mayor Menino dated September 17,1997, of the foregoing vote. Attached to the above-mentioned Certificate of Vote and Approval thereof by His Honor, Mayor Menino, is a copy of the aforementioned "AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT AND DECISIONS...". Please acknowledge the filing of the foregoing on the copy of this letter and return the same to the undersigned. Very truly yours, Harry R. Collings, Secretary Receipt of the aforementioned is hereby acknowledged: Assistant City Clerk: Edward J. Kelley September 18, 1997 __________________________________ CERTIFICATE OF VOTE The undersigned hereby certifies as follows: (1) That he is the duly qualified Secretary of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, hereinafter called the Authority, and the keeper of the records, including the journal of proceedings of the Authority. (2) That the following is a true and correct copy of a vote as finally adopted at a meeting of the Authority held on September 11,1997, and duly recorded in this office: Copies of a memorandum dated September 11,1997 were distributed entitled "AMENDMENT TO REPORT AND DECISIONS ON WESTMINSTER PLACE AND WILLARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, NOW KNOWN AS "MANDELA" APARTMENTS, CHAPTER 121A PROJECT' attached to which were the following documents: (1) Exhibit 1, a map indicating the location of the projects; (2) Exhibit 2, a list of the Board of Directors of the Mandela Residents Cooperative Association; (3) Exhibit 3, a "Statement of Partnership Principles"; (4) Exhibit 4, a letter dated August 15,1997 from Charles T. Grigsby, Director, Public Facilities Department to Mr. Howard Cohen, Mandela Homes Limited Partnership, a letter dated August 1,1997 from Jane Wallis Gumble, Director, Department of Housing and Community Development to Mr. Glenn Hall, President, the Mandela Residents Cooperative Association, Inc., a letter dated August 22,1997 from Joseph P. Henefield and Raymond H. Weaving, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation to Mr. Howard Cohen, President, Beacon Resident Properties, L.P., a letter dated August 25,1997 from David P. Rockwell, Senior Loan Officer, Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund to Jointly, Mr. Howard Cohen, President, Beacon Residential Properties, Inc. and Mr. Glenn Hall, President, the Mandela Redevelopment Corporation, and a letter dated August 1,1997 from Thomas N. 0'Brien, Director to Jointly, Stephen S. Gray, Chapter 11 Trustee and Howard E. Cohen, President, Beacon Residential Properties Corp.; (5) Exhibit 5, a summary of Redevelopment Sources and Uses, and a Projection of Funds Available for Creditors; (6) Exhibit 6, a letter dated September 9,1997 from Kathleen M. Sheehan, General Counsel, The Beacon Companies; and (7) a proposed vote. Enclosed with the memorandum were the following additional documents: (1) Application, re: "Mandela Apartments Chapter 121A Project, dated September 5,1997; (2) Supplemental material; and (3) the document entitled "AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT AND DECISIONS ON THE PROJECTS KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS WESTMINSTER PLACE AND WILLARD PLACE FOR AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF SAID PROJECTS AS ONE PROJECT TO MANDELA HOMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND HAMMOND STREET LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND FOR THE CONSENT TO THE FORMATION OF SAID PARTNERSHIPS TO ACQUIRE, UNDERTAKE AND CARRY OUT THE PROJECT AS URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 121A OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS AND CHAPTER 652 OF THE ACT OF 1960, BOTH AS AMENDED AS APPLICABLE". Mr. Thomas 0'Malley, Associate Director, Public Facilities Department Mr. Stephen Gray, President, The Recovery Group and Court appointed Chapter 11 Trustee, Mr. Howard Cohen, President, Beacon Residential Properties, and Mr. Kurt Jackson, attorney for the Mandela Residents Cooperative Association, Inc., addressed the Authority and answered the Members' questions. The following addressed the Authority in support of the proposed project transfer: Mr. Willie Jones, resident of Mandela Apartments, Mr. Glenn Hall, President, Mandela Tenants Cooperative Association, Mr. Rahman Taquwa, resident of Mandela Apartments, Ms. Lee Buckley, resident of Mandela Apartments, Mr. Abraham Wasbrand, resident of Mandela Apartments, Mr. Larry Smith, Minority Developers Association, Ms. Jova Coleman, resident of Mandela Apartments, Ms. Betty Hall, resident of Mandela Apartments, and Mr. Aleu Massaquoi, resident of Mandela Apartments. The following addressed the Authority in opposition to the proposed project transfer: Mr. Robert H. Quinn, Esq., representing Mourad, Owens & Associates, also submitted a letter dated September 11,1997, Ms. Thelma Barros, resident of Mandela Apartments, Senator Bill Owens, representing the Amended Plan of Gary LeRoy and Mourad, Owens & Associates LLC, Mr. Bill Ferguson, Northeast Representative, Shiller Institute, Mr. Alphonse Mourad, sole shareholder V&M Management Inc., Mr. Guy Owens, member of Town Hall, Ms. Elizabeth Owens, representing the Amended Plan of Gary LeRoy and Mourad, Owens & Associates LLC, Mr. Scott Harper, Acu, Executive Director, Greater Roxbury Workers Association, and Mr. Banks, resident of Roxbury. The following addressed the Authority in rebuttal: On rebuttal, Mr. Saul Schapiro, outside Counsel for the Authority, provided a recitation of litigation history involving the Westminster Place and Willard Place and further provided clarification for the Board on the question raised by Attorney Quinn of whether a decision by the Board today would be premature; Mr. Stephen Gray, court appointed Chapter 11 Trustee; and Mr. Rahman Taquwa, resident of Mandela Apartments. On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED: That the documents presented at this meeting, entitled "AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT AND DECISIONS ON THE PROJECTS KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS WESTMINSTER PLACE AND WILLARD PLACE FOR AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF SAID PROJECTS AS ONE PROJECT TO MANDELA HOMES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND HAMMOND STREET LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND FOR THE CONSENT TO THE FORMATION OF SAID PARTNERSHIPS TO ACQUIRE, UNDERTAKE AND CARRY OUT THE PROJECT AS URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 121A OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS AND CHAPTER 652 OF THE ACT OF 1960, BOTH AS AMENDED AS APPLICABLE", be, and hereby is, approved and adopted in all respects. The aforementioned Amendment to the Report and Decisions is incorporated in the Minutes of this meeting and filed in the Document Book of the Authority as Document No. 5850. (3) That said meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance with law, and to the extent required by law, due and proper notice of such meeting was given; that a legal quorum was present throughout the meeting and a legally sufficient number of members of the Authority voted in a proper manner and all other requirements and proceeding under law incident to the proper adoption or the passage of said vote have been duly fulfilled, carried out and otherwise observed. (4) That the document to which this certificate is attached is in substantially the form as that presented to said meeting. (5) That if an impression of the seal has been affixed below, it constitutes the official seal of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and this certificate is hereby executed under such official seal. (6) That Thomas N. 0'Brien is the Director of this Authority. (7) That the undersigned is duly authorized to execute this certificate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereunto has set his hand this Seventeenth day of September, 1997. BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY By: Harry R. Ceilings, Secretary LS _______________________________________________